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 |
|---|---|
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |