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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |