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 |
---|---|
unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
repudiate | to refuse to accept |
jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |