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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| purported | reputed |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |