GRE Word List

APROPOS

being both relevant and opportune

The meaning of the word apropos is being both relevant and opportune.

Random words

WordMeaning
acumenkeenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
takeoffa rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
kernelthe inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut
pacifistan adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes
afterlifean existence after death
contortionsto twist in a violent manner
onslaughtan especially fierce attack
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval