GRE Word List

MONOTONY

tedious sameness

The meaning of the word monotony is tedious sameness.

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WordMeaning
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
bacchanaliaa Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
rabidextremely violent : furious
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
ecclesiasticecclesiastical
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
whittlea large knife