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 |
|---|---|
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| application | an act of applying: |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |