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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| potentate | ruler |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| pummel | pound |
| lewd | obscene |