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 |
|---|---|
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |