GRE Word List
APPROPRIATE
especially suitable or compatible : fitting
The meaning of the word appropriate is especially suitable or compatible : fitting.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |