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 |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |