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 |
|---|---|
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |