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 |
|---|---|
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |