GRE Word List
APPROPRIATE
especially suitable or compatible : fitting
The meaning of the word appropriate is especially suitable or compatible : fitting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| groom | bridegroom |
| whimsy | whim |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |