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  • 81shimmer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flicker, glimmer, gleam, sheen, glint, twinkle. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glisten, glow, gleam, flash; see shine 1 . See Synonym Study at flash . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. flash… …

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  • 82sparkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. glisten, spark, twinkle, flash, glitter, scintillate; effervesce, bubble. See light, cheerfulness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glitter, glisten, twinkle; see shine 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v …

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  • 83twinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. blink, wink; scintillate, sparkle, shine. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shimmer, flicker, sparkle; see shine 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. scintillation, flicker, flash, sparkle, glint …

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  • 84wink — 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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  • 85radiate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send forth from a center] Syn. shed, diffuse, spread, disperse, shoot in all directions, irradiate, emit, emit in Rays, transmit, disseminate, broadcast, dispel, strew, scatter, sprinkle, circulate, send out in Rays from… …

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  • 86glister — (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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  • 87Light — (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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  • 88scintillate — v. n. 1. Sparkle, twinkle, coruscate. 2. Emit sparks …

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  • 89glance — I. n. 1. Glitter, gleam. 2. Glimpse, transitory view, rapid look. II. v. n. 1. Glitter, gleam, shine, flash, coruscate, scintillate, glisten, glister. 2. Flit, dart, appear and disappear. 3. Dart aside, fly off obliquely. 4 …

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  • 90gleam — I. n. 1. Ray, beam, glance, glimmer, glimmering. 2. Lustre, brightness, splendor, gleaming, flash, flashing, coruscation, glitter, glittering. II. v. n. Glimmer, shine, glitter, sparkle, coruscate, flash, beam, glance …

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