GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
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| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
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| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
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