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 |
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| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |