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 |
|---|---|
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| seemly | good-looking |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |