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 |
|---|---|
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |