GRE Word List
SHADE
slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey
The meaning of the word shade is slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caricature | distortion; burlesque |
| prop | support placed under or against something; V. |
| woeful | sad; (of something bad) deplorable; deplorably bad; Ex. woeful housing conditions |
| magniloquent | boastful; pompous |
| supererogatory | superfluous; more than needed or demanded |
| rakish | jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle. |
| compliant | readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements |
| interminable | endless |
| estranged | separated; alienated; V. estrange: alienate (people in a family); N. estrangement |
| tedium | boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious |
