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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orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
luscioushaving a delicious taste or smell : sweet
notcha V-shaped indentation
adversaryone that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
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