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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relinquishto withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
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trougha long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
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antiquityancient times
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor