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 |
|---|---|
| malediction | curse |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| enhance | heighten |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |