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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WordMeaning
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
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ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
condescendto assume an air of superiority
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knolla small round hill : mound
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful