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 |
|---|---|
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |