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 |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |