GRE Word List
MONOTONY
tedious sameness
The meaning of the word monotony is tedious sameness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |