GRE Word List
GLOSSY
having a surface luster or brightness
The meaning of the word glossy is having a surface luster or brightness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transcendental | transcendent |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |