GRE Word List

POROUS

possessing or full of pores

The meaning of the word porous is possessing or full of pores.

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impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
anthropologistthe science of human beings
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
relishcharacteristic flavor
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
biennialoccurring every two years
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beleaguerbesiege
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling