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 |
|---|---|
| fiend | devil |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |