GRE Word List
GLIMMER
shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or unsteady light; faint indication; Ex. glimmer of hope
The meaning of the word glimmer is shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or unsteady light; faint indication; Ex. glimmer of hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occult | mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare |
| remnant | remainder |
| brood | sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time |
| kaleidoscope | tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful |
| tread | walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step |
| bank | heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning |
| lust | intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V. |
| fauna | animals of a period or region; CF. flora |
| runic | mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm |
| tactile | pertaining to the organs or sense of touch |