GRE Word List
IRKSOME
tending to irk : tedious
The meaning of the word irksome is tending to irk : tedious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |