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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sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
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ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
earthyof, relating to, or consisting of earth
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exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
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