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
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| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| dint | force |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |