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 |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |