GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
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|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
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| slake | subside |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
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| forlorn | bereft |
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