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 |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |