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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
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| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
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