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 |
|---|---|
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| scion | descendant |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |