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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| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| refraction | deflection 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 |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |