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.

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oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
wallowto roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner
propitiousfavorably disposed : benevolent
grimfierce in disposition or action : savage
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
gnomemaxim
finalethe close or termination of something: such as
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God