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 |
|---|---|
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |