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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| entity | being |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |