GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
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| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
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| demerit | offense |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
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| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |