GRE Word List
TRANSLUCENT
permitting the passage of light:
The meaning of the word translucent is permitting the passage of light:.
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| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |