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.
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| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| slew | a large number |
| rightful | just |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |