GRE Word List

DURESS

forcible restraint or restriction

The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.

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WordMeaning
imminentready to take place : happening soon
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
camaraderiea spirit of friendly good-fellowship
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable
cuethe letter q
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
obsequiousmarked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage