GRE Word List
APPOSITE
highly pertinent or appropriate : apt
The meaning of the word apposite is highly pertinent or appropriate : apt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| congruent | congruous |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |