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 |
|---|---|
| medium | something in a middle position |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |