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.
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| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |