ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEelucidate
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elucidate
Meaning: to make clear; to explain
elucidate in a sentence
How elucidate is used in real sentences:
The footnote elucidated an obscure passage in the poem.
The footnote elucidated an obscure passage in the poem.
“The yearlong project sought to elucidate how one dialect was yielding to another by comparing schoolyard speech, family conversations, and archives.”
— from the passage Voices Across Generations
Synonyms for elucidate
Other words for elucidate — clarify, illuminate and explicate — carry the same meaning.
- clarify
- illuminate
- explicate
Antonyms of elucidate
Words that mean the opposite of elucidate:
- obscure
- confuse
Where it comes from
From Latin elucidare 'to make light, clear'
Word parts
- luc/lum — light
elucidate: e- (out; form of ex-) + luc (light) + -ate
Memory hook
E-LUCID-ATE — make it LUCID (clear).