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
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| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| decipher | decode |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |