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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WordMeaning
retractto draw back or in
succulentfull of juice : juicy
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
defileto make unclean or impure: such as