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noun
1.
vigorous action or effort: physical and mental exertion.
2.
an effort: a great exertion to help others.
3.
exercise, as of power or faculties.
4.
an instance of this.
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Exertion
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- In this hour of reckoning, thin air and night silence fuse with exertion, exhilaration and lack of sleep.
- The job didn't require a lot of mental exertion, but I was on my feet a lot.
- Despite the workout your thumbs get, I didn't think playing video games involved much physical exertion.
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