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 |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |