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 |
|---|---|
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| dilute | attenuate |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |