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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| dys- | abnormal |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |