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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| regime | regimen |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| fester | to generate pus |