GRE Word List
GLOSS
a surface luster or brightness : shine
The meaning of the word gloss is a surface luster or brightness : shine.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| quisling | traitor |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |