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
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
rusticateto go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life
ambiencea feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
enhanceheighten
domineerto exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
coincidencethe act or condition of coinciding : correspondence
impenitentnot penitent
disputatiousinclined to dispute