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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |