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.
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| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
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| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| fell | skin |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| skiff | any of various small boats |