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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prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
proclivityan inclination or predisposition toward something
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
humanemarked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
abjectsunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe