GRE Word List
IRKSOME
tending to irk : tedious
The meaning of the word irksome is tending to irk : tedious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| gazette | newspaper |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |