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 |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |