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This word "translucent" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
landlord
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lucid
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Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'translucent':
  Allowing radiation (most commonly light) to pass through, but causing diffusion. Frosted glass, for example, is translucent to visible light. Compare
  Transmitting light but causing sufficient diffusion to prevent perception of distinct images.
  Clear; lucid.

Synonyms of word 'translucent' :
 semitransparent


Usage of the word 'translucent' in Sentences :
  In both cases the china is fine, white and almost translucent, as fine bone china always is.
  translucent porcelain in the studio of Oxford potter Margaret O'Rorke.
  On emerging in vast number the nymphs appear translucent with the dark wing cases clearly visible on their back.
  The object is to produce a uniform, slightly translucent stroke without any build-up at the end.
  translucent enamel.
  Add the rice and cook gently until the grains begin to turn translucent.
  Shadows for text annotation boxes are now translucent rather than solid black.
  translucent resin lending the piece a delicate and ethereal beauty.
  The lacquer coats appear to become more translucent toward the surface.
  I have been turning bowls for the last eight years working with green wood and creating nearly translucent objects in this material.
  translucent plastic colored vases with yellow tulips.
  How it works: Skin looks translucent, clearer brighter; takes edge off tiny lines.
  In addition, this solution is highly translucent, which maintains the perfect picture quality of the NEC MultiSync?? LCD4010.
  translucent powder.
  For really translucent woodstains which show off the grain of your timber to best effect, choose from our range of Sikkens products.
  translucent crystal.

Usage of the word 'translucent' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 few performers eclipsed lady gaga, who had already won a grammy for best female pop vocal performance by the time she was wheeled up onstage inside a giant, translucent egg..... read more ››
 the dominant set piece for this evening-long work is a large ring of floor-to-ceiling panels of translucent white cloth..... read more ››
  others included a translucent rubber dress topped off with a nun's wimple (and tape over her breasts, an oddly victorian touch for a woman who regularly shouted expletives and mimed the kama sutra with her dancers). .... read more ››
  cook for 3 or 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are translucent but not browned. .... read more ››
 how do we appraise an illuminated manuscript from a 15th-century book of hours, the translucent skin of a lady's portrait from 1610 on a three-inch oval of vellum, the stems of an asphodel curling across the page in a botanical illustration from 1747 that dimly presages the all-over aesthetic of action painting? why, it's all watercolor..... read more ››
 kissin's pianism has an awe-inspiring fortitude: the bellini-esque flourishes of tiny notes given a translucent, pearly sheen and the voicing of inner melodies singing clearly even when the right hand's accompanying pattern was outrageously decorated..... read more ››
 with their pinkish, translucent and wrinkly skin, double-saber buck teeth and black-bead eyes, naked mole rats look like characters in a nightmare from hell..... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 add carrots, celery root, leeks, celery, potato and a pinch of salt. saut?? for 10-12 minutes, until leeks are translucent, and set aside..... read more ››
 when purchasing scallops, look for ones that are translucent and firm. .... read more ››
 romero wanted a translucent facade; slim preferred aluminum made by one of his companies..... read more ››
 "uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives"æ’??i enjoy typing all the words of the titleæ’??is a special taste, dreamlike and sometimes opaque, or at least translucent, to logical analysis..... read more ››
  while oil reigned, watercolor wasn't forgottenæ’??particularly by the british landscape painters, who valued its purity of color and translucent quality, so different from sticky oils..... read more ››
 but now the first of five translucent duplex and triplex apartments in the building at 1055 park ave..... read more ››
  add onions and cook until translucent, then add garlic and cook, stirring, a minute or two more. .... read more ››




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