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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| benison | blessing |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| 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) |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |