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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| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |