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 |
|---|---|
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| influx | a coming in |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |