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 |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| desiccate | to dry up |