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 |
|---|---|
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| modish | fashionable |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| dissension | disagreement |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |