GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implode | to burst inward |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| drab | slattern |