GRE Word List
RELEVANT
having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
The meaning of the word relevant is having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| passe | past one's prime |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |