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 |
|---|---|
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| irate | roused to ire |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| intermediary | mediator |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |