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 |
|---|---|
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |