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 |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| inopportune | inconvenient |