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 |
|---|---|
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |