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 |
|---|---|
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| extant | currently or actually existing |