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 |
|---|---|
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| grudging | unwilling |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |