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 |
|---|---|
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| irate | roused to ire |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| flounder | flatfish |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |