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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cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
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patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
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sheerunqualified
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