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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WordMeaning
absolutefree from imperfection : perfect
clouta piece of cloth or leather : rag
resilientcharacterized or marked by resilience: such as
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
manifoldmarked by diversity or variety
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
acclimateto adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
oratorone who delivers an oration