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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |