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 |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |