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 |
|---|---|
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| steep | lofty |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |