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 |
|---|---|
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |