GRE Word List
GLARE
to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light
The meaning of the word glare is to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| cataclysm | flood |