GRE Word List
APROPOS
being both relevant and opportune
The meaning of the word apropos is being both relevant and opportune.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| connoisseur | expert |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |