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 |
|---|---|
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |