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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| violate | break |