GRE Word List
PERTINENT
having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
The meaning of the word pertinent is having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |