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 |
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| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
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