GRE Word List
IRIDESCENT
having or exhibiting iridescence
The meaning of the word iridescent is having or exhibiting iridescence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |