GRE Word List
TRIBULATION
suffering; ordeal; distress; trial
The meaning of the word tribulation is suffering; ordeal; distress; trial.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| isotope | varying from of an element |
| litter | waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter |
| uninhibited | unrepressed; free in behavior and feelings |
| palm | conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir |
| idle | not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V. |
| insensible | unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| domineer | rule over tyrannically |
| scoff | laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats |
| collateral | security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters |
