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 |
|---|---|
| approbation | commendation |
| paltry | inferior |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |