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 |
|---|---|
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| culmination | the action of culminating |