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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|---|---|
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| viand | an item of food |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |