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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WordMeaning
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
shuntto turn off to one side : shift
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
adjacentnot distant : nearby
spliceto unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
atypicalnot typical : irregular
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete