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 |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |