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 |
|---|---|
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| lewd | obscene |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| obscure | dark |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |