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 |
|---|---|
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| inopportune | inconvenient |