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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WordMeaning
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism
nuancea subtle distinction or variation
abjectsunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe