GRE Word List

EFFULGENT

radiant splendor : brilliance

The meaning of the word effulgent is radiant splendor : brilliance.

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WordMeaning
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
dumbfoundto confound (see confound
paucitysmallness of number : fewness
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
rebateto reduce the force or activity of : diminish
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
confideto have confidence : trust
oozea soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water