GRE Word List
CONSTRAINT
the act of constraining
The meaning of the word constraint is the act of constraining.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| plane | airplane |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |