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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |