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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promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
figmentsomething made up or contrived
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havocwide and general destruction : devastation
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pungentsharply painful
blandishmentsomething that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
methodicalarranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order