GRE Word List
INCANDESCENT
white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
The meaning of the word incandescent is white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat.
Random words
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partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
belie | to give a false impression of |
forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
opulence | wealth |
badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |