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 |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| pummel | pound |