GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| stench | stink |
| reckon | count |