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 |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |