GRE Word List
FLICKER
to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
The meaning of the word flicker is to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| distort | to twist (see twist |