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 |
|---|---|
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |