GRE Word List
ILLUMINATE
to supply or brighten with light
The meaning of the word illuminate is to supply or brighten with light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| nomenclature | name |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| homily | a usually short sermon |