GRE Word List
PENUMBRA
a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
The meaning of the word penumbra is a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| progeny | descendants |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| grudging | unwilling |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| gnome | maxim |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |