GRE Word List
EFFULGENT
radiant splendor : brilliance
The meaning of the word effulgent is radiant splendor : brilliance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |