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 |
|---|---|
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |