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monotony

nounCommon GRE wordMore M words

tiresome sameness or lack of variety

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Monotony in a sentence

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The monotony of the assembly line dulled his enthusiasm within weeks.

Synonyms
tediumdullnessuniformityrepetitiveness
Antonyms
varietydiversity

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Monotony (noun) means tiresome sameness or lack of variety
Here is monotony used in an example sentence: "The monotony of the assembly line dulled his enthusiasm within weeks."
Common synonyms for monotony include tedium, dullness, uniformity, repetitiveness.
Antonyms of monotony include variety, diversity.
Monotony is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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