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 |
|---|---|
| unfrock | defrock |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| canny | clever |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| welter | writhe |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| retrench | cut down |