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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| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| conflagration | fire |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |