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 |
|---|---|
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| cataclysm | flood |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| braid | to make from braids |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |