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 |
|---|---|
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |