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 |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| groom | bridegroom |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |