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 |
|---|---|
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |