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 |
|---|---|
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| retribution | recompense |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |