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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WordMeaning
chideto speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
quizzicalcomically quaint
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
piscatorialpiscatory
contrivedhaving an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial
enticeto attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt
quenchput out
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
vipera common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)