GRE Word List
SUBTLETY
the quality or state of being subtle
The meaning of the word subtlety is the quality or state of being subtle.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gazette | newspaper |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
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