GRE Word List
DIAPHANOUS
sheer; transparent
The meaning of the word diaphanous is sheer; transparent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enact | make (a bill) into law |
| protrude | stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth |
| asunder | into parts; apart; V. sunder |
| pretend | feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense |
| dowry | money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage |
| ebullient | showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling |
| politic | prudent; judicious; well judged; expedient; well devised |
| surmise | guess; N. |
| summation | act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial) |
| chicanery | trickery; deception |
