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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| Word | Meaning |
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| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| syllogism | a 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") |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |