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 |
|---|---|
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| drab | slattern |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |