GRE Word List
MONOTONY
tedious sameness
The meaning of the word monotony is tedious sameness.
Random words
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|---|---|
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
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