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 |
|---|---|
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| pundit | pandit |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| dull | tedious |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |