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 |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| 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) |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| amend | to put right |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |