ap⋅po⋅site [ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it] –adjective
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.
Origin:
1615–25; < L appositus added to, put near (ptp. of appōnere), equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + positus placed (posi- place + -tus ptp. suffix)
Via Andrew Sullivan.
