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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |