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 |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| duration | continuance in time |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |