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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preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
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