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 |
|---|---|
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |