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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| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
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| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
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| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
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