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 |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |