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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retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
juncture | a point of time |
conflagration | fire |
heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
impuissance | weakness |
doze | to sleep lightly |
enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |