GRE Word List
CONSTRAINT
the act of constraining
The meaning of the word constraint is the act of constraining.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| hurl | rush |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |