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 |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| paradigm | example |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| edifice | building |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |