GRE Word List
GLOSSY
having a surface luster or brightness
The meaning of the word glossy is having a surface luster or brightness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| condole | grieve |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |