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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WordMeaning
candorunreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
purveyorone that purveys
sleekslick
lucrativeproducing wealth : profitable
depredationto lay waste : plunder
impoliticnot politic : unwise
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely