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 |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| quisling | traitor |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |