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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |