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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WordMeaning
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
expoundto set forth : state
smudgeto make a smudge on
internecineof, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
adulationextreme or excessive admiration or flattery