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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rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
altercationa noisy, heated, angry dispute
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled