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 |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |