GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |