GRE Word List
CONSTRAINT
the act of constraining
The meaning of the word constraint is the act of constraining.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| giddy | dizzy |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |