GRE Word List

DURESS

forcible restraint or restriction

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

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WordMeaning
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
interrogateto question formally and systematically
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
raconteura person who excels in telling anecdotes
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
annuitya sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion