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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |