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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| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
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| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| yore | time past and especially long past |