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 |
|---|---|
| abortive | prematurely born |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |