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 |
|---|---|
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| cohorts | companion |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |