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 |
|---|---|
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |