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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| overthrow | overturn |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |