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 |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |