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

WordMeaning
avowto declare assuredly
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
asceticpracticing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
primogeniturethe state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
condolegrieve
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
documentproof
procrastinateto put off intentionally and habitually