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ASVAB Word Knowledge 5.5 Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. Which of these words is closest in meaning to tedious?
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Which of these words is closest in meaning to tedious?
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And here are the potential answers.
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[ mumbles ] All right.
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You've probably heard of tedious tasks or details,
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like when you're forced to reorganize a sock drawer
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or alphabetize your dad's record collection.
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All right, let's take a look at B - small and D - large.
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Well, tedious describes how you feel about
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an action, not its size or magnitude.
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If you think about it, we've all had
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jobs big and small that we really didn't wanna do.
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All right, so, then there's C - important.
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Same thing goes for the value of the act itself.
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Filling out college applications is pretty repetitive and tedious,
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but you have to do it if you want to get in.
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So that leaves us with A - boring,
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which means dull or tiresome,
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which is a synonym for tedious.
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So the correct answer is A - boring,
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like the new spin-off, CSI: DMV.
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[ sigh ]
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