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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| reckon | count |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |