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 |
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| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |