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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |