GRE Word List
NUANCE
a subtle distinction or variation
The meaning of the word nuance is a subtle distinction or variation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |