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 |
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |