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 |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |