GRE Word List
LABORIOUS
involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
The meaning of the word laborious is involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| exude | to ooze out |