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 |
|---|---|
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |