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 |
|---|---|
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |