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 |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |