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apropos

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

relevant and timely to the situation

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Apropos in a sentence

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His comment about budgeting was entirely apropos given the looming deficit.

Synonyms
pertinentrelevantfitting
Antonyms
irrelevantuntimelyinappropriate

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Questions about “apropos”

Apropos (adjective) means relevant and timely to the situation
Here is apropos used in an example sentence: "His comment about budgeting was entirely apropos given the looming deficit."
Common synonyms for apropos include pertinent, relevant, fitting.
Antonyms of apropos include irrelevant, untimely, inappropriate.
Apropos is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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