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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digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
forteone's strong point
primogeniturethe state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
rapturean expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
tawdrycheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
reciprocalinversely related : opposite
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air