GRE Word List
CRESCENDO
a gradual increase
The meaning of the word crescendo is a gradual increase.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| enhance | heighten |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| postulate | demand |
| querulous | habitually complaining |