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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| connoisseur | expert |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| 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 |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |