GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |