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 |
|---|---|
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| clamor | noisy shouting |