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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| blackball | to vote against |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |