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
philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
equitablehaving or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned
opportunistone that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism
toxiccontaining or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
imposturethe act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)