GRE Word List
TRANSPARENT
having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
The meaning of the word transparent is having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| pitfall | trap |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |