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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preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
contrive | devise |
contagion | a contagious disease |
preternatural | existing outside of nature |
turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
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embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |