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 |
|---|---|
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |