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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| warrant | sanction |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| 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 |