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 |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |