GRE Word List
OPAQUE
blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
The meaning of the word opaque is blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity.
Random words
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burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
pitfall | trap |
ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |