NSW Selective & Scholarship
Arduous
adjective/AR-joo-us/
Very hard and tiring, needing a lot of effort.
In contextLearning a new language can be an arduous but rewarding task.
Remember it
Arduous sounds like 'hard-you-us' — a job so hard it wears all of us out.
Use it well
Use 'arduous' for long, exhausting tasks, not quick jobs that are merely tricky.