GRE Word List
TENSION
stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people
The meaning of the word tension is stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
| rendezvous | meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; V. |
| damn | condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation |
| trident | three-pronged spear |
| incisive | (appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into |
| bedraggle | wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled |
| lament | grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation |
| ransack | search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town. |
| gorge | stuff oneself (with food); glut; CF. gorgeous: dazzlingly beautiful |
| grandiloquent | (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic |
