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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| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
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| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
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| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
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