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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disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
bifurcateddivided into two branches or parts
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
flutterto flap the wings rapidly