Our game this month is "What's the Difference?" I’ll give you two terms. Don’t go straight to the review now-let your working memory empty out first. Spend at least 20 seconds occupying your mind with the game below. You’ll know you understand what "pellucid" means when you can explain it without saying "comprehensible" or "translucent." try it out:įill in the blanks: "_ (is, are, was, or were) pellucid in (its or their) (joy, sorrow, beauty, brilliance, expression, or delicacy)."Ĭoncrete example: "The baby's eyelashes were pellucid in their delicacy."Ībstract example: "Elton John's 'The Last Song' is pellucid in its sorrow." before you review: Look away from the screen to explain the definition in your own words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address remains a model of patriotism and pellucidity. Taylor stood transfixed by the tiny tetras, their pellucid bodies flicking and darting across the tank. Or, be abstract: talk about pellucid sounds and pellucid music pellucid writing and pellucid speech (or a pellucid style or manner of writing or speaking) pellucid thoughts, a pellucid mind, or a pellucid view or vision or understanding of something or a pellucid quality, like pellucid beauty, pellucid candor, pellucid purity, or pellucid brilliance. You might be literal and talk about pellucid air and pellucid water, pellucid glass, pellucid eyes, pellucid diamonds, etc. When you need to be especially serious, formal, or elegant in your word choice, pick "pellucid" instead of "clear," "lucid," "transparent," or "translucent." After a linking verb, as in "It was pellucid.")įor the noun, pick "pellucidness" or "pellucidity." (I prefer "pellucidity" because it's more common and because it matches "lucidity." The pronunciation is different than you might expect: "pell yuh SID ih tee.") Right before a noun, as in "a pellucid thing."Ģ.
(Adjectives are describing words, like "large" or "late."ġ. (You might wonder if the "pel" part means "very, extremely." Actually it just means "through." Literally pellucid things are transparent: they let light shine through them.) It's a more formal, serious word compared to "lucid." Pellucid things are clear: either see-through or easy to understand. ("Lucid" comes from the Latin lucidus, meaning "light, bright, or clear.") Lucid things are clear: either see-through or easy to understand.
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Od_: a journey that's long and full of exciting and difficult things Īnd des_: something desperately important that you lack.Ĭould you recall each? make your point with. Nepen_: making you feel better by helping you forget your troubles We've checked out lots of other words with the same kind of literary flavor, including The beautiful word pellucid has a literary tone, meaning it's best for academic or serious contexts.
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