GRE Word List
DOLOROUS
causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
The meaning of the word dolorous is causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief.
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
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| dominate | rule |
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| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
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