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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prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
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reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
kismetfate
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task