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 |
|---|---|
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |