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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| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
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| refrain | curb |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |