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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pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
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gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
receptiveable or inclined to receive
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
impenitentnot penitent
pilfersteal