GRE Word List

HUMDRUM

monotonous

The meaning of the word humdrum is monotonous.

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frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
regattaa rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
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supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
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stenchstink
reckoncount