Pervious

Pervious is an adjective that means penetrable or accessible. The Latin prefix P-E-R means ‘through’ while V-I-A means ‘road.’ Together they refer to ‘that which may be passed through.’ You may be familiar with the negative form of our word of the day — impervious, which describes something that cannot be penetrated. When something can be penetrated, it is pervious. At first I thought Larry’s office was something I wasn’t allowed to enter, but after getting to know him, I came to understand that his office was pervious to anyone he considered trustworthy.