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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