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 |
|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |