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 |
|---|---|
| veracious | truthful |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| minuscule | very small |
| dire | exciting horror |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
