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 |
|---|---|
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| reaper | one that reaps |