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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| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
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| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |