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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jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
farcestuff
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
tricksterone who tricks: such as
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert
hue_and_cryoutcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule
amenableliable to be brought to account : answerable
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ยน/โ‚‚โ‚„ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)