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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| trenchant | keen |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |