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 |
|---|---|
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |