GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |