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 |
|---|---|
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| dour | stern |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| regime | regimen |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |