GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| distend | extend |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |