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 |
|---|---|
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |