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 |
|---|---|
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| slake | subside |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| retract | to draw back or in |