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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WordMeaning
arboretuma place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes
patronizeto act as patron of : provide aid or support for
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
untenablenot able to be defended
reckoncount
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate