GRE Word List
MONOTONY
tedious sameness
The meaning of the word monotony is tedious sameness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| dart | a light spear |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |