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 |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| deify | to make a god of |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |