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 |
|---|---|
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |