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 |
|---|---|
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |