GRE Word List
IRKSOME
tending to irk : tedious
The meaning of the word irksome is tending to irk : tedious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| shambles | a meat market |