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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| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| provident | frugal |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| paltry | inferior |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |