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 |
|---|---|
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |