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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WordMeaning
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
festerto generate pus
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
rama male sheep
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
durationcontinuance in time
shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
prattleprate
bullya blustering, browbeating person
perimeterthe boundary of a closed plane figure