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 |
|---|---|
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |