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

WordMeaning
remnanta usually small part, member, or trace remaining
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
penitentfeeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
triflesomething of little value, substance, or importance
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
commemorateto call to remembrance
understateto represent as less than is the case