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 |
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| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| slew | a large number |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |