GRE Word List
CRESCENDO
a gradual increase
The meaning of the word crescendo is a gradual increase.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |