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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |