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 |
|---|---|
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |