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 |
|---|---|
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| apprehend | arrest |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |