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 |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |