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 |
|---|---|
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| forebears | ancestor |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| application | an act of applying: |