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 |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| wry | twist |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| veracious | truthful |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| postulate | demand |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |