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 |
|---|---|
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| engender | beget |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| distend | extend |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| flounder | flatfish |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |