GRE Word List
TRANSLUCENT
permitting the passage of light:
The meaning of the word translucent is permitting the passage of light:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| clime | climate |