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verb (used with object), -brat·ed, -brat·ing.
1.
to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
2.
to foreshadow; prefigure.
3.
to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.
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Adumbrate
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is denigrate. Does it mean:
| morally ignoble or base; meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary |
| belittle, attack maliciously |
Example Sentences
- Haze's paint scheme seems to annotate, articulate and adumbrate the car's shape.
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Word Origin & History
adumbrate
"to outline, to sketch," 1580s, from L. adumbrat-, pp. stem of adumbrare "to cast a shadow," also "to represent (a thing) in outline" (see adumbration).
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