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 |
|---|---|
| betray | to lead astray |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| overweening | arrogant |