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 |
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flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
brisk | keenly alert : lively |
bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
padre | a Christian clergyman |
backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |