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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |