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 |
|---|---|
| upright | perpendicular |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| license | permission to act |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| brawny | muscular |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| blush | outward appearance : view |