versatile
VUR-suh-tuladjMeaning able to do many different things, or to be used in many ways
Memory hook VERSE-atile: sings VERSES, plays it all. Tia sings the verses, strums the guitar, beats the drum and plays the fiddle, turning easily from one to the next: she is versatile.
A versatile player, Rosa can pitch, catch and cover first base.
In context Unlike his brother, who could make only pancakes, Omar was a versatile cook: soup, curry, bread and birthday cakes all came out of his kitchen with equal skill.
Similar adaptable, all-around, flexible, many-sided
Opposite limited, narrow
From Latin versatilis, “able to turn; turning easily from one task to another,” from versare, “to keep turning.”