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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WordMeaning
relevanthaving significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
smolderto burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
mimicryan instance of mimicking
reprimanda severe or formal reproof
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate