GRE Word List
APROPOS
being both relevant and opportune
The meaning of the word apropos is being both relevant and opportune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischance | bad luck |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| fleck | streak |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |