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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | blink, coruscate, fade, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | inkling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, clue |
| Synonyms: | conception, cue, faintest idea, foggiest idea, glimmering, hint, hot lead, hunch, impression, indication, innuendo, intimation, lead, notion, sneaking suspicion, suggestion, suspicion, tip, tipoff, whisper |
| Main Entry: | scintillating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, stimulating |
| Synonyms: | animated, brilliant, clever, dazzling, ebullient, exciting, flashing, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glittering, lively, shining, smart, sparkling, sprightly, twinkling, witty |
| Antonyms: | blah, dull |
| Main Entry: | twinkling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sparkling |
| Synonyms: | bright, flashing, gleaming, glimmering, glistening, shimmering, shining |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broadcast on air waves |
| Synonyms: | emit, give off, give out, glare, glimmer, glow, radiate, send, shed, shine, throw off, transmit |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wink of eye; twinkle |
| Synonyms: | bat, flash, flicker, flutter, glimmer, glitter, nictate, nictitate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, squint |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, develop, emerge, glimmer, initiate, lighten, loom, open, originate, rise, show itself, unfold |
| Antonyms: | end, finish, set |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
| Synonyms: | beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, light, phosphoresce, radiate, reflect, scintillate, shine, shoot out, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | flicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle, flutter |
| Synonyms: | blare, blaze, blink, burn, dance, flare, flash, flit, flitter, fluctuate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, oscillate, quaver, quiver, scintillate, shimmer, swing, tremble, twinkle, vibrate, waver |
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