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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intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
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braga pompous or boastful statement
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gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird