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 |
|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| concentric | having a common center |
| mortician | undertaker |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |