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 |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| expatriate | banish |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |