GRE Word List

OPALESCENT

reflecting an iridescent light

The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.

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sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perseverance
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
dramaa composition (see composition
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
equilibriuma state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
raptlifted up and carried away
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as