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  • 111effulgent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. luminous, glowing, brilliant; see bright 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. radiant, glowing, luminous, brilliant, resplendent, shining, dazzling, bright. ANT.: dim, dull, dark III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective… …

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  • 112lustrous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. shiny, radiant, glistening, glossy; see bright 1 . See Synonym Study at bright . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. shining, glowing, bright, glossy, radiant, shimmering, gleaming, burnished, glinting, brilliant, dazzling …

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  • 113shiny — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. polished, sparkling, glistening; see bright 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bright, brilliant, gleaming, glinting, glistening, glossy, polished, lustrous, sparkling, scintillating. ANT.: dull, tarnished III (Roget… …

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  • 114beamy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts: bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, irradiant, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, shiny. See LIGHT …

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  • 115irradiant — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts: beamy, bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, shiny. See LIGHT …

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  • 116lambent — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts: beamy, bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, irradiant, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, shiny. See LIGHT …

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  • 117lucent — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts: beamy, bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, irradiant, lambent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, shiny. See LIGHT …

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  • 118bleak — [16] Bleak originally meant ‘pale’, and comes ultimately from an Indo European base *bhleg , possible source of black and a variant of *phleg , which produced Greek phlégein ‘burn’ and Latin flagrāre ‘burn’ (whence English conflagration and… …

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  • 119effulgent — a. Brilliant, shining, lustrous, splendid, resplendent, bright, radiant, refulgent, dazzling, blazing, flaming, glowing, burning, beaming …

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  • 120splendid — a. 1. Shining, glowing, resplendent, effulgent, refulgent, bright, lustrous, radiant, beaming, brilliant. 2. Showy, magnificent, gorgeous, sumptuous, pompous, superb, kingly, dazzling, imposing. 3. Illustrious, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished …

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