GRE vocabulary
ponderous
dull and labored, or heavy and unwieldy
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In a sentence
Ponderous in a sentence
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The lecture's ponderous prose put half the audience to sleep.
Synonyms
Antonyms
livelynimblegraceful
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Common questions
Questions about “ponderous”
Ponderous (adjective) means dull and labored, or heavy and unwieldy
Here is ponderous used in an example sentence: "The lecture's ponderous prose put half the audience to sleep."
Common synonyms for ponderous include laborious, plodding, cumbersome, weighty.
Antonyms of ponderous include lively, nimble, graceful.
Ponderous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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