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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| peerless | matchless |
| pending | during |