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 |
|---|---|
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |