GRE Word List

GLEAM

a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light

The meaning of the word gleam is a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light.

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nihilista viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
pendulouspoised without visible support
compunctionanxiety arising from awareness of guilt
discreditto refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd