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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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
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| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
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| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
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