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 |
|---|---|
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| warrant | sanction |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
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