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 |
|---|---|
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |