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
retractto draw back or in
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
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concatenatelinked together
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gradationa series forming successive stages
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
deprecateto express disapproval of
protractto prolong in time or space : continue