GRE Word List
TRANSLUCENT
permitting the passage of light:
The meaning of the word translucent is permitting the passage of light:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garner | to gather into storage |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |