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 |
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| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| rotunda | a round building |