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 |
|---|---|
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |