GRE Word List
TRIBULATION
distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
The meaning of the word tribulation is distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |