GRE Word List
LUSTROUS
reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle
The meaning of the word lustrous is reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| reverie | daydream |
| poise | balance |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |