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 |
|---|---|
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |