GRE Word List
RESPLENDENT
shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor
The meaning of the word resplendent is shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| verge | brink |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |