Definition of Obtuse from 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam for GRE candidates and advanced learners of English with synonyms and antonyms and illustrations and in real context /əbˈtjuːs/ (adj) Definition lowbrow and stupid, slow to understand, imperceptive, simple-minded, slow-witted, unintelligent, foolish, insensitive (mathematics) of an angle more than 90 and…
Insipid GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/ (adj) Definition lacking flavor, taste, interest or energy, vapid, dull, stale, tasteless, bland, flavorless, colorless, banal, tame, uneventful, unappetizing, boring, lifeless, uninteresting, characterless, unimaginative, unexciting Example Still, as journalists, we should hold ourselves to higher standards and fight the urge to uncritically let our own boredom infect our writing. In…
Uneventful 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 31 /ˌʌn.ɪˈvent.fəl/ (adj) boring and uninteresting, lackluster, tedious, monotonous, unexciting, ordinary, humdrum, everyday, dull, predictable, mundane I was 1 day away from Nha Trang so I set off just before lunch and with another uneventful day on the Vietnamese highway under my belt, I cycled through a far bigger…
Pall 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1 Pall 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1 /pɔːl/ US /pɑːl/ (noun & verb) to become less interesting, appealing or enjoyable, lose its attraction, fade, wither, go sour, a piece of fabric used to cover the coffin at a funeral, coffin, coffin covering, cloak or…
Vapid 1100 Words You Need Week 40 Day 3 Vapid 1100 Words You Need Week 40 Day 3 /ˈvæp.ɪd/ (adj) lacking imagination or intelligence, stupid, unchallenging, uninspiring, unstimulating, colorless, uninteresting, uneventful, boring, dull, flat, tedious, unexciting, unimaginative, lifeless, trite, lacking favor or taste, tasteless, insipid, tame, favorless, bland The results are bleak. In the American…
Nondescript 1100 Words You Need Nondescript 1100 Words You Need Week 29 Day 4 with authentic materials, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈnɒn.dɪ.skrɪpt/ (adj) very ordinary and unremarkable, having no interesting or remarkable feature, uninteresting, unexceptional, dull, commonplace, characterless, platitudinous, trite, banal, cliched, plain I’m writing this from the nondescript building…
Banal 1100 Words You Need Banal 1100 Words You Need Week 29 Day 3 with authentic materials, synonyms, antonyms and flashcards for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /bəˈnɑːl/ (adj) boring and uneventful, tiring, ordinary, customary, mundane, dull and unoriginal, commonsense, platitudinous, prosaic, predictable, trivial, Clichéd, stereotypical With the advent of the gramophone, the radio and now…
Mundane 1100 Words You Need Mundane 1100 Words You Need /mʌnˈdeɪn/ (adj) very ordinary and therefore not interesting, dull, routine, everyday, commonplace, boring, unexciting, humdrum, uneventful, dreary, monotonous, tedious, uninteresting, banal, platitudinous, of this world, worldly: Mundane matters such as paying bills and shopping for food do not interest her. antonym: exotic Fre: banale Fa:…
Lackluster 1100 Words You Need Lackluster 1100 Words You Need /ˈlækˌlʌs.təʳ/ (adj) lacking enough energy and effort, lacking excitement and enthusiasm, dull, lethargic, lifeless, dreary, unexciting, uneventful, uninspiring, tame, bland, undistinguished, flat, leaden: Due to Mr. Richardson’s lackluster presentation, some participants in the conference hall were literally sleeping. antonym: brilliant, exciting Fre: terne Fa: بدون…
Pedestrian Pedestrian (adj & noun) /pəˈdes.tri.ən/ noun: someone traveling or walking on foot esp in cities where there are cars, walker, rambler, on foot The pedestrian wearing headphones was hit on the crosswalk by a careless driver. adj: too ordinary and dull, not interesting or exciting, prosaic, humdrum, unimaginative I fell asleep in the middle…