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 |
|---|---|
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| steep | lofty |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |