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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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
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| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |