GRE Word List
PERMEABLE
capable of being permeated : penetrable
The meaning of the word permeable is capable of being permeated : penetrable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| refrain | curb |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |