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 |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| forlorn | bereft |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
