GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |