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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |