GRE Word List

LUCID

suffused with light : luminous

The meaning of the word lucid is suffused with light : luminous.

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WordMeaning
braggarta loud arrogant boaster
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
demeritoffense
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
hazarda source of danger
scrappyconsisting of scraps
falsifyto prove or declare false : disprove
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil
mausoleuma large tomb
infringeto encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another