GRE Word List
ILLUMINATE
to supply or brighten with light
The meaning of the word illuminate is to supply or brighten with light.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |