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 |
|---|---|
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| retiring | reserved |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |