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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| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
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| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| opus | work |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |