GRE Word List

GERMANE

being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting

The meaning of the word germane is being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting.

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WordMeaning
rancorbitter deep-seated ill will
ventto provide with a vent
nauseaa stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit
biennialoccurring every two years
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as