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 |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |