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 |
|---|---|
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| nullify | to make null (see null |