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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| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |