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 |
|---|---|
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| collate | to compare critically |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |