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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| writ | something written : writing |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| belie | to give a false impression of |