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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| modish | fashionable |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| reckon | count |
| dingy | dirty |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |