GRE Word List
SHIMMER
to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer
The meaning of the word shimmer is to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |