GRE Word List
GLOSSY
having a surface luster or brightness
The meaning of the word glossy is having a surface luster or brightness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
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| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |