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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testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
pendulous | poised without visible support |
margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
cession | a yielding to another : concession |