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 |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |