GRE Word List
GLIMMER
to shine faintly or unsteadily
The meaning of the word glimmer is to shine faintly or unsteadily.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |