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.
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superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
retrench | cut down |
smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
superannuated | outmoded |
brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |