GRE Word List
CRESCENDO
a gradual increase
The meaning of the word crescendo is a gradual increase.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| ploy | escapade |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |