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 |
|---|---|
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |