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 |
|---|---|
| cue | the letter q |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| cipher | zero |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |