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 |
|---|---|
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |