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 |
|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| encumber | weigh down |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| unkempt | not combed |