GRE Word List
GLIMMER
to shine faintly or unsteadily
The meaning of the word glimmer is to shine faintly or unsteadily.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |