GRE Word List
INOPPORTUNE
inconvenient
The meaning of the word inopportune is inconvenient.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| braid | to make from braids |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |