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 |
|---|---|
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |