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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| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| impinge | encroach |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |