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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |