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 |
|---|---|
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| skimp | skimpy |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |