Vocab Master Day – 52

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1.Apposite

Meaning: apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.

Synonym: appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, befitting;

inappropriate

Usage: “an apposite quotation”

2.Appraise

Meaning: assess the value or quality of.,assess the performance

of (an employee) formally.

Synonym: assess, evaluate, estimate, judge, rate, gauge,

“some companies are considering team appraisals instead of

appraising individuals”

3.Apprise

Meaning: inform or tell (someone).

Synonym: inform, notify, tell, let know, advise, brief, intimate

“I thought it right to apprise Chris of what had happened”

4.Approbation

Meaning: approval or praise.

Synonym: approval, acceptance, assent, endorsement,

encouragement, recognition, appreciation

“a term of approbation”

5.Apropos

Meaning: with reference to; concerning., very appropriate to a

particular situation.

Synonym: with reference to, with regard to, with respect to,

regarding, concerning, respecting, appropriate, pertinent,

relevant, apposite, apt, applicable,

suitable, germane,

“she remarked apropos of the initiative, ‘It’s not going to stop the

abuse’”

“the song feels apropos to a midnight jaunt”

6.Arable

Meaning: (of land) used or suitable for growing crops.

“acres of arable land”

7.Arcade

Meaning: a covered passage with arches along one or both sides.

Synonym: gallery, colonnade, cloister, loggia, portico, forum,

peristyle, stoa

“they walked on, past a classical arcade”

8.Arcane

Meaning: understood by few; mysterious or secret.

Synonym: mysterious, secret, hidden, concealed, covert,

clandestine, enigmatic

“arcane procedures for electing people”

9.Archaic

Meaning: very old or old-fashioned., (of a word or a style of

language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart

an old-fashioned flavour.

Synonym: obsolete, obsolescent, out of date, anachronistic, oldfashioned,

outmoded,

“prisons are run on archaic methods”

10.Appellation

Meaning: a name or title.

Synonym: name, title, designation, denomination, honorific, tag,

epithet, label, sobriquet, by name, nickname;

“the city fully justifies its appellation ‘the Pearl of the Orient’”