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 |
|---|---|
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| lampoon | satire |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |