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 |
|---|---|
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| contagion | a contagious disease |