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 |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |