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 |
|---|---|
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| mystic | mystical |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |