GRE Word List
NICETY
the quality or state of being nice
The meaning of the word nicety is the quality or state of being nice.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| billowing | wave |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |