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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|---|---|
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
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| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
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| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |