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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| influx | a coming in |