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 |
|---|---|
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |