GRE Word List
NUANCE
a subtle distinction or variation
The meaning of the word nuance is a subtle distinction or variation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| 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) |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |