English Word Root: escent

becoming
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1 adolescent   Speak  
n. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;
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2 convalescent   Speak  
a. returning to health after illness or debility
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3 evanescent   Speak  
a. fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
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4 fluorescent   Speak  
a. luminous; bright; emitting visible light
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5 incandescent   Speak  
a. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
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6 iridescent   Speak  
a. exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
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7 opalescent   Speak  
a. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous
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8 quiescent   Speak  
a. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
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