GRE Word List

OPALESCENT

reflecting an iridescent light

The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.

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lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
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consonanceharmony or agreement among components
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solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
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appraiseto set a value on : to estimate the amount of
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