GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
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inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
rapt | lifted up and carried away |