GRE Word List
HUMDRUM
monotonous
The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |