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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|---|---|
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |