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 |
|---|---|
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| quarry | game |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |