GRE Word List
GLOSS
a surface luster or brightness : shine
The meaning of the word gloss is a surface luster or brightness : shine.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |