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 |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |