GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| prank | trick |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
