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 |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| modish | fashionable |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |