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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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| poise | balance |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |