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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| progeny | descendants |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |