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 |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |