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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desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
extantcurrently or actually existing
congruentcongruous
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luridcausing horror or revulsion : gruesome
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peevishquerulous in temperament or mood : fretful
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