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apposite

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

highly relevant and appropriate to the matter at hand

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Apposite in a sentence

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Her apposite remark captured exactly what everyone was thinking.

Synonyms
aptpertinentfitting
Antonyms
irrelevantinappropriateunrelated

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The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.

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Questions about “apposite”

Apposite (adjective) means highly relevant and appropriate to the matter at hand
Here is apposite used in an example sentence: "Her apposite remark captured exactly what everyone was thinking."
Common synonyms for apposite include apt, pertinent, fitting.
Antonyms of apposite include irrelevant, inappropriate, unrelated.
Apposite is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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