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 |
|---|---|
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
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| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| abnegation | denial |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |