GRE Word List
TEDIUM
the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
The meaning of the word tedium is the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| duration | continuance in time |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| docile | easily taught |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |