GRE Word List
GLOSSY
having a surface luster or brightness
The meaning of the word glossy is having a surface luster or brightness.
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| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| welter | writhe |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
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| purveyor | one that purveys |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| postulate | demand |