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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|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
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| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| paltry | inferior |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
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