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 |
|---|---|
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |