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 |
|---|---|
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| lode | waterway |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |