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 |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| passe | past one's prime |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |