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 |
|---|---|
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |