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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |