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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WordMeaning
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
piscatorialpiscatory
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
derisionthe use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
resurrectto raise from the dead
unconscionableshockingly unfair or unjust
obesehaving excessive body fat