GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| raiment | clothing |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |