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 |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |