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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quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
cunningdexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end
agogfull of intense interest or excitement : eager
thespianactor
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict