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 |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |