GRE Word List
CRESCENDO
a gradual increase
The meaning of the word crescendo is a gradual increase.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
prattle | prate |
gusto | an individual or special taste |
explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
irate | roused to ire |