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 |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| thespian | actor |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |