GRE Word List
GLOW
to shine with or as if with an intense heat
The meaning of the word glow is to shine with or as if with an intense heat.
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| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
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| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| 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 |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |