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 |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |