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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germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
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compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion
viseany of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam
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contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
undulatinghaving a wavy surface, edge, or markings