GRE Word List
DURESS
forcible restraint or restriction
The meaning of the word duress is forcible restraint or restriction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| nurture | training |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |