GRE Word List

GLOSS

a surface luster or brightness : shine

The meaning of the word gloss is a surface luster or brightness : shine.

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glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
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nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
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besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments