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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convexcurved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle
trenchantkeen
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
facsimilean exact copy
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
specka small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay
antiquityancient times