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 |
|---|---|
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| cataclysm | flood |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |