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 |
|---|---|
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |