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 |
|---|---|
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| paramour | lover |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| freebooter | pirate |