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 |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| encompass | include |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |