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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |