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 |
|---|---|
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| sidetrack | siding |