GRE Word List
OPALESCENT
reflecting an iridescent light
The meaning of the word opalescent is reflecting an iridescent light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |