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 |
|---|---|
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| wreak | bring about |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| pliant | pliable |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| slew | a large number |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |