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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| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
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| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| sportive | frolicsome |
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| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
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