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  • 101glimmer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. glance, appearance, view, flash, sight. See vision. v. i. shine. See light, dimness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gleam, flash, flicker; see light 1 . v. Syn. gleam, fade, shimmer; see shine 1 . III (Roget …

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  • 102light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …

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  • 103wink — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. blink, nictitate, nictate, squint, twinkle; overlook, ignore, condone. See vision, forgiveness, neglect, indication. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To close one eye] Syn. squint, blink, nictate, nictitate,… …

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  • 104glister — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks: coruscate, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink. See LIGHT. II noun Sparkling, brilliant light: flash …

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  • 105Light — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Light >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 light light ray beam stream gleam streak pencil Sgm: N 1 sunbeam sunbeam moonbeam Sgm: N 1 aurora aurora GRP: N 2 …

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  • 106glance — {{11}}glance (n.) c.1500, sudden movement producing a flash, from GLANCE (Cf. glance) (v.). Meaning brief or hurried look is from 1590s. {{12}}glance (v.) mid 15c., of weapons, from glacen to graze, strike a glancing blow (c.1300), from O.Fr.… …

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  • 107flash — 1. verb 1) a torch flashed Syn: light up, shine, flare, blaze, gleam, glint, sparkle, burn; blink, wink, flicker, shimmer, twinkle, glimmer, glisten, scintillate; literary glister, coruscate …

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  • 108glimmer — 1. verb moonlight glimmered on the lawn Syn: gleam, shine, glint, flicker, shimmer, glisten, glow, twinkle, sparkle, glitter, wink, flash; literary glister 2. noun 1) a glimmer of light Syn …

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  • 109glitter — 1. verb crystal glittered in the candlelight Syn: shine, sparkle, twinkle, glint, gleam, shimmer, glimmer, wink, flash, catch the light; literary glister 2. noun 1) the glitter of light on the water Syn: sparkle …

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  • 110shimmer — 1. verb the lake shimmered Syn: glint, glisten, twinkle, sparkle, flash, scintillate, gleam, glow, glimmer, glitter, wink; literary coruscate 2. noun the shimmer of lights from the traffic Syn: glint, twinkle …

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