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 |
|---|---|
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |