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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| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| 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 |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| defalcate | deduct |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |