GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
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| maroon | a dark red |
| sportive | frolicsome |
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| concordat | compact |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
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| sanction | a formal decree |