GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |