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 |
|---|---|
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |