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
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
blemishto spoil by a flaw
sensitizationthe action or process of sensitizing
witlessdestitute of wit or understanding : foolish
desertsarid land with usually sparse vegetation
finishedentirely done
vestigea trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
servileof or befitting a menial position