This Week’s Word: Arduous [ahr-joo-uh's] adjective
Arduous means requiring great exertion or energy. It is a synonym of laborious. It can specifically mean hard to climb, but more broadly mean difficult to endure.
Sample Sentence:
He had never before accomplished something so arduous; exhaustion radiated from every muscle and tendon in his body, but he had done it, he had climbed Mt. Everest.
ARDUOUS is part of your Test Masters SAT & PSAT Vocabulary list. Students have either been tested on this word during past SAT/PSAT exams, or it has a very high chance of appearing on an exam in the near future.
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