GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| tundra | a 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 |