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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bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
pundit | pandit |
oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |