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.

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kindredof a similar nature or character : like
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scalean instrument or machine for weighing
etymologythe 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
volleythe flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground
executorone who executes something
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
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