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 |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |