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 |
|---|---|
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| cryptic | secret |