GRE Word List

FLICKER

to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter

The meaning of the word flicker is to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter.

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distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
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gauchelacking social experience or grace
jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
beatificof, possessing, or imparting beatitude
clipencompass
nuptialof or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult