GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| hortatory | hortative |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |