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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liabilitythe quality or state of being liable
rancidhaving an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
lucrativeproducing wealth : profitable
parallelismthe quality or state of being parallel
politypolitical organization
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
destitutelacking something needed or desirable