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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| broach | brooch |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
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