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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WordMeaning
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
squalorthe quality or state of being squalid
capricea sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
cameoa gem carved in relief (see relief
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
malignevil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious