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 |
|---|---|
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |