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PERVIOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Admitting of passage or entrance

Example:

a metal pervious to heat

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

receptive (open to arguments, ideas, or change)

Also:

permeable (allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through)

Antonym:

impervious (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected)

Derivation:

perviousness (the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))

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