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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| scion | descendant |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |