GRE Word List
OPPORTUNIST
one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism
The meaning of the word opportunist is one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |