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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exposurethe fact or condition of being exposed: such as
credencemental acceptance as true or real
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
euthanasiathe act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
rentproperty (such as a house) rented or for rent
swathea band used in swathing
taciturntemperamentally disinclined to talk
cohesionthe act or state of sticking together tightly