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 |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| fabricate | invent |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| influx | a coming in |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
