GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| fell | skin |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| nourish | nurture |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |