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 |
|---|---|
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| wanton | merciless |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |