GRE Word List
ILLUMINATE
brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; Ex. illuminating remarks
The meaning of the word illuminate is brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; Ex. illuminating remarks.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precept | practical rule guiding conduct; Ex. mother's precept |
| wax | increase gradually (as the moon); grow |
| equivocate | use equivocal language to deceive people; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth; N. equivocation |
| transport | strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture |
| lethal | deadly |
| arrogance | pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people) |
| devise | think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest |
| insidious | treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry rot |
| impassable | not able to be traveled or crossed |
| bulk | size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size |