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 |
|---|---|
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| alleviate | relieve |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |