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 |
|---|---|
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |