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 |
|---|---|
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |