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 |
|---|---|
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |