GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |