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 |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| succor | relief |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |