GRE Word List
DIAPHANOUS
characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
The meaning of the word diaphanous is characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |