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 |
|---|---|
| brazen | made of brass |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |