GRE Word List
ARDUOUS
hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
The meaning of the word arduous is hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| untenable | not able to be defended |