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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satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
recipient | one that receives : receiver |
repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
rectify | to set right : remedy |