GRE Word List
OPPORTUNE
timely; well-chosen
The meaning of the word opportune is timely; well-chosen.
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Word | Meaning |
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puissant | powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power |
orator | public speaker |
ferment | agitation; commotion(noisy and excited activity); unrest (of a political kind); V. produce by fermentation; undergo fermentation; cause (a state of trouble) |
recondite | abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret |
shrewd | clever; astute |
brand | trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar. |
livid | lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry |
communal | held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune |
acrophobia | fear of heights |
divine | perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination |