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 |
|---|---|
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| concordat | compact |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |