GRE Word List
GRADATION
a series forming successive stages
The meaning of the word gradation is a series forming successive stages.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |