GRE Word List
TENSION
inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion
The meaning of the word tension is inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |