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 |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| emollient | making soft or supple |