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 |
|---|---|
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |