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 |
|---|---|
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |