GRE Word List
CONSTRAINT
the act of constraining
The meaning of the word constraint is the act of constraining.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| connoisseur | expert |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |