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 |
|---|---|
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| docile | easily taught |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| executor | one who executes something |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |