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 |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |