GRE Word List
PELLUCID
admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
The meaning of the word pellucid is admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |