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 |
|---|---|
| clip | encompass |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| bauble | trinket |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |