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 |
|---|---|
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |