GRE Word List

HUMDRUM

monotonous

The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.

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filibusteran irregular military adventurer
beatitudea state of utmost bliss
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
volubleeasily rolling or turning : rotating
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heinoushatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined