GRE Word List
IRKSOME
tending to irk : tedious
The meaning of the word irksome is tending to irk : tedious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| 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) |
| warranted | sanction |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |