GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| dart | a light spear |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| slaughter | the act of killing |