GRE Word List
ILLUMINATE
to supply or brighten with light
The meaning of the word illuminate is to supply or brighten with light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |