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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |