GRE Word List
ARDUOUS
hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
The meaning of the word arduous is hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |