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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tome | book |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |