GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |