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
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
markedhaving an identifying mark
interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous