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
errantbehaving wrongly
tantamountequivalent in value, significance, or effect
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
metropolisthe chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
venalcapable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable
dilapidateddecayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted