GRE Word List

OPPORTUNE

suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence

The meaning of the word opportune is suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence.

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WordMeaning
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
traverseto go or travel across or over
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
attestto affirm to be true or genuine
tokena piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as