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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |