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 |
|---|---|
| entity | being |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| parlance | speech |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |