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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| veracious | truthful |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |