GRE Word List
EXERTION
the act or an instance of exerting
The meaning of the word exertion is the act or an instance of exerting.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| antecede | precede |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |