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 |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| haven | harbor |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |