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 |
|---|---|
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| 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 |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |