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 |
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raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
extol | to praise highly : glorify |
application | an act of applying: |
abode | the place where one lives : home |