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 |
|---|---|
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |