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 |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |