GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
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|---|---|
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |