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 |
|---|---|
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |