GRE Word List
SUBTLETY
perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning
The meaning of the word subtlety is perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually |
| stodgy | dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book |
| stipple | paint or draw with dots or short strokes |
| prowess | extraordinary ability; military bravery; Ex. prowess in battle |
| indignity | treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them. |
| stultify | make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
| revert | relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion |
| grotesque | fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement) |
| impudence | impertinence; insolence |
