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 |
|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |