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.

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petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
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ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
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jeopardizeto expose to danger or risk : imperil
adjournto suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time