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 |
|---|---|
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |