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 |
|---|---|
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |