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 |
|---|---|
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| evenhanded | fair |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| trenchant | keen |