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 |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| exhume | disinter |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| brazen | made of brass |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |