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 |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| exhume | disinter |
| ploy | escapade |