GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| duration | continuance in time |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |