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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
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| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| dull | tedious |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
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