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 |
|---|---|
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |