GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |