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 |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |