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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WordMeaning
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
espousemarry
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
agilitythe quality or state of being agile : nimbleness
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
chasethe hunting of wild animals