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 |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| significant | having meaning |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |