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 |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |