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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| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |