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Lucid
Today’s word is Scrutinize.
What it means
- adjective
Clear; easily understood.
- adjective
Mentally rational; sane.
- adjective
Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent.
Where it comes from
Lucid comes from Latin lucidus, full of light, from lux, light. A lucid explanation lets the reader see through it.
In a sentence
- I have lucid dreams.by Spamster, Tatoeba
- Do you have lucid dreams?by Spamster, Tatoeba
- Tom says he often has lucid dreams.by soliloquist, Tatoeba
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