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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WordMeaning
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
cordialshowing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
raspto rub with something rough
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
cerebrationto use the mind : think
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil