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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animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
apoliticalhaving no interest or involvement in political affairs
ordinancean authoritative decree or direction : order
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
penurya cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
overwroughtextremely excited : agitated
fermentto undergo fermentation