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
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
depravitya corrupt act or practice
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
badinageplayful repartee : banter
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
rococorococo work or style
luridcausing horror or revulsion : gruesome
salutaryproducing a beneficial effect : remedial