GRE Word List
LUCID
suffused with light : luminous
The meaning of the word lucid is suffused with light : luminous.
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| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |