GRE Word List
TRAVAIL
work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
The meaning of the word travail is work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| sidetrack | siding |