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 |
|---|---|
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| cryptic | secret |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |