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 |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| prattle | prate |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |