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 |
|---|---|
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| harass | exhaust |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| application | an act of applying: |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |