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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| conceit | favorable opinion |