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 |
|---|---|
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| cryptic | secret |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| throes | pang |