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Word: shimmer

Definition: shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.


More Vocab Words

::: boon - blessing; benefit; something very helpful
::: crevice - crack; fissure
::: mutinous - unruly; rebellious; Ex. mutinous teenagers; N. mutiny: open rebellion; CF. mutineer
::: ennui - boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy
::: viable - capable of maintaining life; feasible; practical or workable; Ex. viable scheme
::: scrimmage - disorderly fight between two or more people
::: ample - enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space
::: reticent - inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence
::: pendulous - hanging; suspended
::: chalice - goblet; consecrated cup