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 |
|---|---|
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| vixen | a female fox |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| dowse | to plunge into water |