GRE Word List
HEYDAY
the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
The meaning of the word heyday is the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity.
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| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |