GRE Word List

OPALESCENT

reflecting an iridescent light

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

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congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
underlyinglying beneath or below
fabricateinvent
outstripto go faster or farther than
slothdisinclination to action or labor : indolence
patronizeto act as patron of : provide aid or support for
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
incendiaryigniting combustible materials spontaneously