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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| paltry | inferior |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |