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 |
|---|---|
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |