GRE Word List
TRIBULATION
suffering; ordeal; distress; trial
The meaning of the word tribulation is suffering; ordeal; distress; trial.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |