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 |
|---|---|
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |