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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| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| impinge | encroach |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| facade | the front of a building |
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| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |