GRE Word List
AFFLICTION
a cause of persistent pain or distress
The meaning of the word affliction is a cause of persistent pain or distress.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |