GRE Word List

HUMDRUM

monotonous

The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.

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miragean optical (see optical
skulkto move in a stealthy or furtive manner
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cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
honeto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial