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 |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |