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 |
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| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |