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 |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |