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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |