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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billow | wave |
buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
piscatorial | piscatory |
universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
striated | marked with striations or striae |
prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |