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 |
|---|---|
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |