GRE Word List
GOSSAMER
a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
The meaning of the word gossamer is a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| maroon | a dark red |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |