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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |