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 |
|---|---|
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |