GRE Word List

GRADATION

a series forming successive stages

The meaning of the word gradation is a series forming successive stages.

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inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
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accoladea mark of acknowledgment : award
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
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