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 |
|---|---|
| recast | to cast again |
| reverberate | reflect |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| fluke | flatfish |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |