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 |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| obese | having excessive body fat |