GRE Word List
IRIDESCENT
having or exhibiting iridescence
The meaning of the word iridescent is having or exhibiting iridescence.
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pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
understate | to represent as less than is the case |
parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
lithe | easily bent or flexed |
plane | airplane |
pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |