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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |