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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| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |