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 |
|---|---|
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |