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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| grudging | unwilling |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |