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 |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| skimp | skimpy |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| distort | to twist (see twist |