GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
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| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
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| collected | gathered together |
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| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |