GRE Word List
WOE
a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
The meaning of the word woe is a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |