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 |
|---|---|
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| enhance | heighten |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |