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 |
|---|---|
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| reverberate | reflect |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| perdition | eternal damnation |