GRE Word List
APPOSITE
highly pertinent or appropriate : apt
The meaning of the word apposite is highly pertinent or appropriate : apt.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |