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 |
|---|---|
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| overthrow | overturn |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |