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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |