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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| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
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| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
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| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |