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 |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| mystic | mystical |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |