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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |