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 |
|---|---|
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |