GRE Word List
SHADE
comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
The meaning of the word shade is comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| betray | to lead astray |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |