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.

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ravenousrapacious
sluggarda habitually lazy person
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
cavalcadea procession (see procession
bucolicof or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial