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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WordMeaning
opprobriumsomething that brings disgrace
computeto determine especially by mathematical means
leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
incrustationa crust or hard coating
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
buffeta blow especially with the hand
smotherto kill by depriving of air