Choose the word most similar in meaning to LUCID.
- A. confusing
- B. clear and easy to understand
- C. shining brightly
- D. lazy
Explanation
A lucid explanation is transparently clear, and the word shares its root with lucidity and elucidate, meaning to make clear. Its opposite in this sense is obscure or opaque. The literal sense of shining survives in translucent, which is why the third option is tempting but wrong here.