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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| retrench | cut down |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |