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 |
|---|---|
| broach | brooch |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |