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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grumbleto mutter in discontent
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
conservatorya greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
igniteto set afire
colossusa statue of gigantic size and proportions
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing