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 |
|---|---|
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| 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 |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |