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 |
|---|---|
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| gnarl | snarl |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |