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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| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |