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 |
|---|---|
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |