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PERVIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Admitting of passage or entrance
Example:
a metal pervious to heat
Classified under:
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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