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 |
|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| query | question |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |