GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| irate | roused to ire |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |