GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| realm | kingdom |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |