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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transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
hubbub | noise |
burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |