GRE Word List
TRAVAIL
strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth
The meaning of the word travail is strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pandemic | widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people |
| banal | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; cliched |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
| stamp | step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish); put an end to; imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal; shape with a die; characterize; Ex. machine stamping out car bodies; Ex. newspaper stamping him as a liar; N. stamping; implement used to stamp; impression stamped; mark; Ex. Her remarks bear the stamp of truth. |
| succulent | juicy; full of juice or sap; full of richness; N: succulent plant such as a cactus |
| synthesis | combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize |
| passe | old-fashioned; past the prime |
| vicar | parish priest; representative |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| ambulatory | able to walk |
