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 |
|---|---|
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| juncture | a point of time |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |