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 |
|---|---|
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| sleek | slick |