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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nubileof marriageable condition or age
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syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
leniencythe quality or state of being lenient
witlessdestitute of wit or understanding : foolish
altercationa noisy, heated, angry dispute
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
squeamisheasily nauseated : queasy
dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
internecineof, relating to, or involving conflict within a group