GRE Word List

OPALESCENT

reflecting an iridescent light

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

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decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
colossalof, relating to, or resembling a colossus
reparationa repairing or keeping in repair
sobernot intoxicated
discordantbeing at variance : disagreeing
righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
nullifyto make null (see null
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs